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1 remove
A n sout to be at one remove from/at many removes from être tout proche de/très loin de ; genius that is (at) only one remove from madness le génie qui frise la folie.B vtr1 enlever [object] (from de) ; enlever, ôter [clothes, shoes] ; enlever, faire partir [stain] ; enlever, supprimer [passage, paragraph, word] ; supprimer [tax, subsidy] ; Med enlever, faire l'ablation de [tumour, breast, organ] ; she removed her hand from his shoulder elle a enlevé sa main de son épaule ; over 30 bodies were removed from the rubble plus de 30 cadavres ont été retirés des décombres ; to remove a child from a school retirer un enfant d'une école ; to remove goods from the market retirer des marchandises de la vente ; to remove industry from state control supprimer le contrôle de l'État sur l'industrie ; to remove sb's name from a list rayer qn d'une liste ; to be removed to hospital GB être emmené à l'hôpital, être hospitalisé ; to remove one's make-up se démaquiller ; to remove unwanted hair from one's legs s'épiler les jambes ;2 ( oust) démettre, renvoyer [employee] ; to remove sb from office démettre qn de ses fonctions ; to remove sb from power destituer qn ;3 ( dispel) dissiper [suspicion, fears, boredom] ; chasser [doubt] ; écarter [obstacle, difficulty] ; supprimer [threat] ;5 Comput effacer.C vi sout déménager ; they have removed from London to the country ils ont déménagé de Londres pour aller s'installer à la campagne.1 to be far removed from être très éloigné de [reality, truth] ;2 ( in kinship) cousin once/twice removed cousin au deuxième/troisième degré. -
2 unwanted
unwanted [ˈʌnˈwɒntɪd][possessions] dont on ne veut plus ; [pregnancy, child] non désiré* * *[ʌn'wɒntɪd]adjective [goods, produce] superflu; [pet] abandonné; [visitor] indésirable; [child] non souhaité
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